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Thursday, 14 January 2016

Attacks in Turkey

14
January, 2015

Photos
showing the aftermath of a massive blast that destroyed the entire
face of a multi-story police HQ in Turkey’s Diyarbakir province has
appeared online. Reports describe multiple casualties in Cinar,
blaming the Kurdish PKK militant group for the attack.

At
least five people, including an infant, were killed as a result of
the attack, which took place early on Thursday in Diyarbakir
province, local channel Haber3 reported, adding that 8 terrorists had
been killed in clashes with police following the bombing.

Earlier,
reports cited by self-described Kurdish activist Gilgo on Twitter
said that PKK also launched attacks in the towns of Bismil, Cizre,
Mardin, Silopi, Sirnak, and Van. There were no details or
confirmation immediately available.

Social
media reports claimed that between 6 and 31 people may have been
killed in the attack in Cinar. No official death toll has yet been
announced.

The
Turkish daily Hurriyet reported that the police department was
targeted with a car bomb and then attacked with “rocket launchers
and long barreled weapons.” According to the newspaper, ambulances
and paramedics have been deployed to the scene of the explosion, in
which it says at least 22 people were wounded.

Turkish
media claims the attack was perpetrated by the PKK.

The
massive explosion in the police HQ started a fire, leaving the entire
building devastated. Pictures from the scene show severe structural
damage with walls collapsed and flames raging within.

Those
wounded in the attack, including police officers and members of their
families, have been taken to the Medical Faculty Hospital, according
to Hurriyet.

ISTANBUL
HIT BY BOMB BLAST KILLING 10 PEOPLE MOST OF WHICH WERE FOREIGN

A
bomb blast hit the center of Turkey today killing 10 people, most of
which were foreigners. Is this the case of don’t bite the hand that
is feeding you?

It
is no secret Turkey has had a big hand to play in the rise of Daesh,
but now that Turkey has been struck will support for the terror group
continue or will this be the change that is needed for Turkey to
tackle the Daesh threat?. The attack was carried out by a lone
suicide bomber, from Syria, Tayyip Erdogan said.

It
has been warned that this attack is only the beginning of a campaign,
but this is still yet to be seen. Turkish political scientist and
counterterrorism expert give the warning in an interview with
Sputnik,

“I
think that after Tuesday’s attack in Istanbul the
international coalition will step up its campaign against Daesh.
The explosion on Sultanahmet square is only the beginning and
there will be more and more such terrorist attacks coming our way,”
he told Radio
Sputnik

The
blast went off in the Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, it went off
close as people congregate close to the Blue Mosque. Turkish
authorities have imposed a temporary blanket ban on media reporting
about the event. Moscow based analyst, Igor Nikolaichuk
said that there is many people in Turkey with many reasons to launch
an attack like this,

“There
are many people in Turkey willing to stage a terrorist
attack these days. When you have a country just across the
border where a civil war has been raging for almost four years
now, when you have armed gangs roaming the streets, you just can’t
control them. Still, I believe thatTuesday’s attack could have been
the work of either Daesh or young Kurdish radicals who accuse
their elder comrades of collaborating with Turkey. They are
fighting their own war against Turkey” Anatoly el-Murid said.

Involvement
in Syria has led to Turkey being targetted by the very same group
they are supporting, this mirror image has repeated itself across the
middle east. Supporting proxy forces is the name of the game
when it comes to modern warfare.